Best way to autorun a program on boot?

[darkrising 4]

Hello, I'm trying to get a program to autorun on boot using an in-game server.

 

If I put it in the /autorun.lua file the shell runs afterwards so I get this horrible mess of text on the remote display.

 

What is the best way to autorun a program on boot after the shell has loaded?

[Sangar 92]

Not sure how reversing the order will not mess up the text when it does now, but the easiest way is probably to register a oneshot timer (using event.timer).

[Fingercomp 37]

IIRC, OpenOS 1.6 doesn't load authorun.lua at root fs. This means that you either should add a command to /home/.shrc (this's the preferred way), or modify boot scripts.

I guess the program you want to start automatically on boot doesn't require to be run before the shell loads, so just write the path to your program to /home/.shrc.

/home/bin/my-program.lua

 

[novotd00 0]

Uff, I don't know how about you, but I am doing it as autorun.lua in root directory, works just fine, I can load/unload chunks, restart server, log in/out, reboot OC, no problems at all.

Autorun in root is loaded after shell, I suppose.

[Void_Seeker 0]

I tried to create an autorun.lua in the root, home, and mnt directories and I get nothing. I checked via lua if autorun is enabled, and it is. I'm not much a programmer at all, but this was one reason I like ComputerCraft back in the day, just had to edit startup and you're done. I love OpenComputers, but I just can't find a tutorial on autorun scripts that are current. I appreciate any assistance. 

[novotd00 0]

You can just simply modify boot script to run certain program in certain path. I like using 99_rc.lua to change my resolution at startup, almost on all my PCs there, sou you can just add a line that will run a program.

 

Hope this helped

 

Edit: I suppose you can run whole program there, as whell is loaded, but I am not sure and this is just my random thought, you can try tho

[Fingercomp 37]

Creating a script in /boot is a poor idea unless the program must be run only when computer starts. Boot scripts are intended to initialize the system. Using /home/.shrc is preferred (this will run the program each time the shell boots, though).

@novotd00 I'd just put resolution <x> <y> to /home/.shrc. That's much better than adding code to a file with a completely different purpose (in your case the purpose is to initialize the rc system).

 

By the way, payonel listed the ways to make a program run automatically here.

[novotd00 0]

@Fingercomp thank you for your advice. But honestly, I never ran in to a problem when changing my res via that boot script, and yes, I know that it could be done in a better fashion. On my next computers I will definitly do it better, just I'm too lazy. Also, one question, is there any way to multitask or keep updated informations? Also, can I have while loop that waits for event A OR B to happen? I am working on something 'like' ''OS'', just some sort of GUI with different apps and some network capability.

[Fingercomp 37]

It's better to create a topic with your questions.

Anyway, I can answer the second question right here. You need to use event.pullMultiple("event1", "event2", ...). It will stop listening when either event1 or event2 is pushed.